Double safety-pin.



No. 738,204. PATENTED JULY 7, 1903. J. M. HUWLEY.

DOUBLE SAFETY PIN.

APPLICATION TILED AUG. 16, 1902. N0 MODEL.

whine/does 7/ UNITED STATES Patented July 7, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

DOUBLE SAFETY-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 733,204, dated July 7, 1903.

Application filed August 16,1902. Serial No. 119,855. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. HOWLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Double Safety-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to safety-pins; and its primary object is to provide a double safety-pin which will insure a firm attachment to any garment or material to which it may be applied and effectually prevent the accidental loosening or disarrangement of the pin.

The invention comprises two pins, in combination with a centrally-disposed lockingbar provided with keepers for the pointed ends of the pins.

The improvement further consists of a double safety-pin comprising'two pins formed from a single piece of wire, in combination with a locking-bar and keeper, said bar hav ing a hinged connection with the pins and being arranged centrally between them.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification, and itsnovel features will be defined in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of a double safety-pin constructed in accordance with my invention with the pointed ends of the pins engaged by the keepers. Fig.2 is a similar view showing the pins disengaged from the keeper and in raised position, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the double pin and locking-bar disconnected.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are denoted by the same reference characters.

The reference numeral 1 designates the locking-bar of the device, comprising a single piece of wire bent downward and outward adjacent to one end, as shown at 2, and terminating at one end in an elongated loop 3. The opposite end of the bar 1 is secured to a keeper consisting of a plate 4, having a longitudinal socket 5 t0 receive the end of the bar 1 and inwardly-turned flanges 6 to engage and secure the pointed ends of the pins.

The two pins 7 and 8 are both formed from a single piece ofresilient wire bent centrally upon itself and then having its head bent to form a hook 9, which passes through the elongated loop of the locking-bar and is clamped down firmly to effect a secure hinge connection between the bar and double pin.

The utility and operation of the device constructed as thus described will be readily understood. After passing the two pins through the material to be secured their free pointed endsare pressed into engagement with the flanges of the keeper. The location of the pins on opposite sides of the locking-bar insures an equalization of the pulling strain on the device, and the pin is thus maintained in position.

The improvement is specially well adapted for childrens clothing and also for use in the sick-room in securing bandages, &c., which are liable to disarrangement by the movement of the patient. 'Another usefor which the invention is particularly well adapted is the securing of the plackets of womens garments, as the overlapping or gathering of the sides of the placket are avoided and a neat fit of the garment in= sured.

The device is also designed for the attach ment of ornaments to the hair or ladies dresses and generally for the uses to which the ordinary single-pointed safety-pin is now applied.

I would have it understood that the invention is not restricted to the specific means shown for hinging the pins to the lockingbar, but that I reserve the right to make all such variations and modifications in the de tails of the device as may fall within the terms and scope of the following claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent A safety-pin comprising a locking-bar having an integral loop at one end thereof; a keeper attached at the other end of the locking-bar; a resilient wire bent to form an external member of a hinge which engages the loop; and two pins formed parallel with each other and integrally of the external member of the hinge.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name in the presence of the'subscribing witnesses.

JOHN M. HOWLEY.

\Vitnesses:

F; O. MCCLEARY, J. M. Hocron. 

